Book-holder



(No Model.)

W. F. HOLLOWAY.

BOOK HOLDER.

llllll 1 Patented Nov. 25, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILBUR F. HOLLOWAY, OF OUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO.

BOOK-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 441,561, dated November25, 1890.

Application filed June 14, 1890. Serial No. 355,428. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, WILBUB F. HOLLOWAY, of Ouyahoga Falls, in the countyof Summit and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Book-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and usethe same.

My invention relates to improvements in book-holders, the same beingsecured to an arm, the arm in turn being pivoted to the book-case or toan attachment thereof, whereby the book and book-holder may be turned onits axis into or out of the book-case. Reference may be made in thisconnection to application, Serial No. 355,427, concurrently pending, inwhich the arms supporting the bookrest are pivotally connected both withthe book-rest and with the book-case.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation. Fig. 2 isan elevation in transverse section on line w 00, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is anenlarged end elevation of the bookholder. Fig. 4 is an end elevationshowing a modification.

A represents a book-case, or at least a portion thereof, appropriatedfor large books of reference that are not easily handled and are liableto be injured in handling.

B B B are book-rests, each being adapted to hold one book. The book-resthas leaves 13 hinged thereto that fold in closing the book and aredistended in opening the book. (See solid and dotted lines, Fig. 3.)Member B of the book-rest is attached to lever C, which latter may be ofthe L-shaped variety shown, being pivoted at c to an attachment of thebook-case. Where there are a number of these book-rests in line, a rod0, supported, for instance, from the end walls of the bookcase, mayserve as a fulcrum for the difierent arms 0.

A stop of some kind is provided to engage each arm 0 when the book is inthe position shown in Fig. 2, a suitable stop being shown at E. Thesection of the book-case in which these book-holders operate is supposedto be at such elevation that the book when opened will be at the properheight for conveniently reading. There may be two sections of thebook-case appropriated to such use, the one holding the book when openedat the proper elevation for reading when the person is standing, and theother when the books are opened being at the proper elevation toaccommodate a person sitting. A still lower section might be madeavailable for the purpose by means of a modification shown in Fig. 4,where lever O is hinged at a, so as to be swung to the position shown,respectively, in solid and dotted lines, Fig. 4. In such case a catch ordevice of some kind is required to hold the book-holder in its distendedposition. '6 5 (Shown in solid lines.) For such purpose the spring-catchD will answer well.

What I claim is The combination, with a book-case and a book-rest, of across-rod, arm or arms connected with the rod at one end and attached tothe book-holder at the opposite end, and a catch or stop adapted tooperate in connection with the arm or arms to hold the bookrest in adistended position, substantially as 7 5 set forth.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification, in the presence of twowitnesses, this 27th day of May, 1890.

WILBUR F. HOLLOWAY.

Witnesses:

CHAS. H. DoRER, WARD HOOVER.

